Project: RAD GT (Updated 22-Oct-2007) Up-n-running, 98% complete - bit-tech.net Forums

radodrill · 25th Jul 2007, 05:51

I've been working on a Custom acrylic PC case that I designed.

Case features a double sidewall to allow intake air without the need of front holes; also good for cable routing. Designed to hold 2 360mm Radiators; will only use one ATM with a Y-line loop. Stealthed CD slot; will wire the eject button and activity LED to an illuminated pushbutton to preserve the clean look of the front panel.

Here are some pics of the 3D model in it's current state. I'll update with pics of the actual build as well.

Expected Hardware Requirements:
DFI Lanparty UT 680i SLI T2R/G ---- Out of pocket
Intel Q6600 G0 ---- Out of pocket
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer ---- Out of pocket
2x BFG 8800GTX ---- Out of pocket
2x1Gb DDR2 RAM (been eying the Corsair Dominator PC2-10000)
Lite-On SATA DVD burner ---- Out of pocket
Silverstone ST1000 Modular PSU ---- Out of pocket
500+Gb SATA2 HDD ---- Out of pocket
2x X-Flow Black Ice Extreme III ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
Variable speed D5 ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
20 feet 1/2" ID Tygon ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
2x Brass Fill-port ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
TDX for LGA775 ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
Maze4 chipset block (regular block) ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
875 chipset block ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
2x 8800 GTX blocks ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
2x single-slot PCI bracket for the 8800s ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
Fill-port Reservoir ---- Sponsored by DangerDen
6x 120mm Case Fans ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan
Wire-sleeving ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan
2x dual 30cm red CCFLs ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan
dual 30cm UV CCFLs ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan
dual 20cm UV CCFLs ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan
Acrylic Case feet ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop
H2O Dies ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop
Biocide H2O additive ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop
AS5 ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop
36" SATA2 cables ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop

Sponsors:

papeniglio · 25th Jul 2007, 16:10

OMG!!!! You're designing your custom case with Pro/E??? Man, you have balls!!!!

radodrill · 25th Jul 2007, 16:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by papeniglio

OMG!!!! You're designing your custom case with Pro/E??? Man, you have balls!!!!

Pro/E a lot easier/better than Sketchup

Anyways it's more fun modeling everything myself LOL

The_Beast · 25th Jul 2007, 17:13

looks really good

Jedda · 25th Jul 2007, 20:04

Very good idea. You'll get all the fitting together thrashed out before starting building.
You'll avoid a lot of errors doing things this way.

radodrill · 25th Jul 2007, 20:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jedda

Very good idea. You'll get all the fitting together thrashed out before starting building.
You'll avoid a lot of errors doing things this way.

That's the plan isn't it?

I'll have to get a few more parts ordered then I'll add them to the drawing; then it's go time.

Jedda · 25th Jul 2007, 21:15

Yeah, I was stating the obvious I guess.
Mainly just saying hello and expressing interest.

radodrill · 28th Jul 2007, 02:03

Update: Going to get a new system for this case. Planned system specs:
DFI 680i SLI LT T2R/G
Intel Q6600
Patriot eXtreme 4Gb (2x2Gb) DDR2-800
eVga 8800GTX
Creative X-FI XtremeGamer
Black Ice GT Stealth 360 or Swiftech MCR-320
LIANG D5 / Swiftech MCP-655
DangerDen TDX
DangerDen Maze 4 i875 (on Northbridge)
DangerDen Maze 4 680i (on Southbridge)
EK-waterblocks or DangerDen Full-cover 8800GTX block

I'm still waiting on a few case parts but I'll probably get started on the cutting this weekend.

radodrill · 28th Jul 2007, 23:07

I spent last night and today working on the motherboard panel.

Sketched panel in Pro/E

Masked the Acrylic sheet and marked the locations for the MB standoffs, RAD, and Front-panel port mounts.

With old MB to verify markings

Drilled pilot holes

Cutting the fan/RAD holes

Finished fan/Rad holes

Drilled out holes to secure the RAD

Illustration of MB standoff mounting

Drilled out and threaded holes for MB standoffs and FPIO mount

Unmasked panel

Mounting of FPIO

Added slots for cable pass-through. All cabling will be routed underneath the MB panel

Test fit of my current MB and FPIO ports

I don't have the new RAD/fans yet so I couldn't test fit those.

If anyone would like to see other detail shots/angles please LMK

Sponsors:

radodrill · 30th Jul 2007, 04:40

Today I started working on the drive Bays:

Laid out the parts on the masked acrylic:

The cut out panels:

Threaded side panels for drive retention mechanism (will into detail on that later):

Cut drive support rails:

Unmasked 5 1/4 bay panels:

Unmasked 3 1/2 bay panels:

I have to wait on an order from US Plastics before I can glue these parts together.

Sponsors:

Teyber · 30th Jul 2007, 05:23

wow! i hate acrilic... i always have bad luck lol.
So did you use a heat gun for teh plexi angles?

Dean MF · 30th Jul 2007, 06:06

Looking very nice so far mate! Just one thing, you must try and keep the plexi masked for as long as possible to avoid scratches when doing future fittings.

radodrill · 30th Jul 2007, 14:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teyber

wow! i hate acrilic... i always have bad luck lol.
So did you use a heat gun for teh plexi angles?

I just bought some corner guard LOL

radodrill · 30th Jul 2007, 14:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean MF

Looking very nice so far mate! Just one thing, you must try and keep the plexi masked for as long as possible to avoid scratches when doing future fittings.

Thanks for the tip; I'll keep it in mind

The_Beast · 30th Jul 2007, 20:28

looking good

radodrill · 1st Aug 2007, 01:48

Minor update:
Been busy with work the past few days and haven't gotten much done on the case. The good news is that DangerDen is on board to sponsor the Liquid cooling aspect of this case build

luis_pedro_Sato · 1st Aug 2007, 04:34

Good work so far

radodrill · 2nd Aug 2007, 05:14

Today I received the 1" Acrylic cubes that I'll use to assemble the main panels of the case

Drilled/Tapped the cubes so that I could screw on the panels

Closeup of one cube

Next I polished the parts for the 3.5" drive bay

3.5" Drive bays clamped and glued

Sponsors:

radodrill · 3rd Aug 2007, 03:25

Finished the 3 1/2" drive bays

Drive retention mechanism; screws on one side with nylon spacers on the ends

Test fit with old drive

Sponsors:

500mph · 3rd Aug 2007, 03:50

very nice acrylic work i must say.
keep up the great work

25th Jul 2007, 05:51	#1
radodrill Resident EI Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost Heaven (WV) Posts: 870	Project: RAD GT (Updated 22-Oct-2007) Up-n-running, 98% complete I've been working on a Custom acrylic PC case that I designed. Case features a double sidewall to allow intake air without the need of front holes; also good for cable routing. Designed to hold 2 360mm Radiators; will only use one ATM with a Y-line loop. Stealthed CD slot; will wire the eject button and activity LED to an illuminated pushbutton to preserve the clean look of the front panel. Here are some pics of the 3D model in it's current state. I'll update with pics of the actual build as well. Expected Hardware Requirements: DFI Lanparty UT 680i SLI T2R/G ---- Out of pocket Intel Q6600 G0 ---- Out of pocket Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer ---- Out of pocket 2x BFG 8800GTX ---- Out of pocket 2x1Gb DDR2 RAM (been eying the Corsair Dominator PC2-10000) Lite-On SATA DVD burner ---- Out of pocket Silverstone ST1000 Modular PSU ---- Out of pocket 500+Gb SATA2 HDD ---- Out of pocket 2x X-Flow Black Ice Extreme III ---- Sponsored by DangerDen Variable speed D5 ---- Sponsored by DangerDen 20 feet 1/2" ID Tygon ---- Sponsored by DangerDen 2x Brass Fill-port ---- Sponsored by DangerDen TDX for LGA775 ---- Sponsored by DangerDen Maze4 chipset block (regular block) ---- Sponsored by DangerDen 875 chipset block ---- Sponsored by DangerDen 2x 8800 GTX blocks ---- Sponsored by DangerDen 2x single-slot PCI bracket for the 8800s ---- Sponsored by DangerDen Fill-port Reservoir ---- Sponsored by DangerDen 6x 120mm Case Fans ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan Wire-sleeving ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan 2x dual 30cm red CCFLs ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan dual 30cm UV CCFLs ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan dual 20cm UV CCFLs ---- Sponsored by A.C.Ryan Acrylic Case feet ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop H2O Dies ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop Biocide H2O additive ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop AS5 ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop 36" SATA2 cables ---- Sponsored by Petra's Tech Shop Sponsors: __________________ Project: RAD GT member of the forum formerly known as DFI-Street Last edited by radodrill; 28th Oct 2008 at 21:26.

25th Jul 2007, 16:10	#2
papeniglio Supermodder Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Brescia - ITALY Posts: 420	OMG!!!! You're designing your custom case with Pro/E??? Man, you have balls!!!! __________________ Mauro aka PapeNiglio PocketR2D2 - ETEN M500 \| HanSolo - ACER Aspire 5610 \| C3PO - Gateway \| Anakin - Wife PC+HTPC \| ObiWan - File Server+Play PC \| Skywalker - Old Play PC

25th Jul 2007, 17:13	#4
The_Beast I am The Stig Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,212	looks really good __________________ Rendering Machine - Gigabyte DS3L P35 - C2Q Q6600 - Antec New Solution Series NSK4480B - Corsair XMS2 2Gb - Sapphire 2600 XT 256mb - Seagate 'Cuda 320 GB - Antec Earthwatt 430 watt - Windows XP Pro -

28th Jul 2007, 02:03	#8
radodrill Resident EI Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost Heaven (WV) Posts: 870	Update: Going to get a new system for this case. Planned system specs: DFI 680i SLI LT T2R/G Intel Q6600 Patriot eXtreme 4Gb (2x2Gb) DDR2-800 eVga 8800GTX Creative X-FI XtremeGamer Black Ice GT Stealth 360 or Swiftech MCR-320 LIANG D5 / Swiftech MCP-655 DangerDen TDX DangerDen Maze 4 i875 (on Northbridge) DangerDen Maze 4 680i (on Southbridge) EK-waterblocks or DangerDen Full-cover 8800GTX block I'm still waiting on a few case parts but I'll probably get started on the cutting this weekend. __________________ Project: RAD GT member of the forum formerly known as DFI-Street

28th Jul 2007, 23:07	#9
radodrill Resident EI Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost Heaven (WV) Posts: 870	Start of Worklog (28-July-2007): MB panel I spent last night and today working on the motherboard panel. Sketched panel in Pro/E Masked the Acrylic sheet and marked the locations for the MB standoffs, RAD, and Front-panel port mounts. With old MB to verify markings Drilled pilot holes Cutting the fan/RAD holes Finished fan/Rad holes Drilled out holes to secure the RAD Illustration of MB standoff mounting Drilled out and threaded holes for MB standoffs and FPIO mount Unmasked panel Mounting of FPIO Added slots for cable pass-through. All cabling will be routed underneath the MB panel Test fit of my current MB and FPIO ports I don't have the new RAD/fans yet so I couldn't test fit those. If anyone would like to see other detail shots/angles please LMK Sponsors: __________________ Project: RAD GT member of the forum formerly known as DFI-Street Last edited by radodrill; 28th Oct 2008 at 21:28.

25th Jul 2007, 20:04	#5
Jedda What's a Dremel? Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 18	Very good idea. You'll get all the fitting together thrashed out before starting building. You'll avoid a lot of errors doing things this way.

25th Jul 2007, 21:15	#7
Jedda What's a Dremel? Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 18	Yeah, I was stating the obvious I guess. Mainly just saying hello and expressing interest.

30th Jul 2007, 04:40	#10
radodrill Resident EI Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost Heaven (WV) Posts: 870	Update (29-July-2007): Drive bays Today I started working on the drive Bays: Laid out the parts on the masked acrylic: The cut out panels: Threaded side panels for drive retention mechanism (will into detail on that later): Cut drive support rails: Unmasked 5 1/4 bay panels: Unmasked 3 1/2 bay panels: I have to wait on an order from US Plastics before I can glue these parts together. Sponsors: __________________ Project: RAD GT member of the forum formerly known as DFI-Street Last edited by radodrill; 28th Oct 2008 at 21:36.

30th Jul 2007, 05:23	#11
Teyber ****** Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,344	wow! i hate acrilic... i always have bad luck lol. So did you use a heat gun for teh plexi angles? __________________ cheapskate is (not) a noob

30th Jul 2007, 06:06	#12
Dean MF PC Freak! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ladysmith, South Africa Posts: 516	Looking very nice so far mate! Just one thing, you must try and keep the plexi masked for as long as possible to avoid scratches when doing future fittings. __________________ My PC: ECS KA3MVP Extreme Motherboard : AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ : 4 x 512mb DDRII 667mhz RAM : Radeon X1950 PRO GPU : 320 gig SATA2, 120 gig SATA2, 80 gig IDE : Raidmax Volcano 620W PSU : LG 18x DVD Writer with Lightscribe

30th Jul 2007, 20:28	#15
The_Beast I am The Stig Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,212	looking good __________________ Rendering Machine - Gigabyte DS3L P35 - C2Q Q6600 - Antec New Solution Series NSK4480B - Corsair XMS2 2Gb - Sapphire 2600 XT 256mb - Seagate 'Cuda 320 GB - Antec Earthwatt 430 watt - Windows XP Pro -

1st Aug 2007, 01:48	#16
radodrill Resident EI Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost Heaven (WV) Posts: 870	Minor update: Been busy with work the past few days and haven't gotten much done on the case. The good news is that DangerDen is on board to sponsor the Liquid cooling aspect of this case build __________________ Project: RAD GT member of the forum formerly known as DFI-Street

1st Aug 2007, 04:34	#17
luis_pedro_Sato Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: portugal Posts: 123	Good work so far __________________ Sorry for my bad English and typos...

2nd Aug 2007, 05:14	#18
radodrill Resident EI Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost Heaven (WV) Posts: 870	Update (01-Aug-2007): Corner Blocks & 3.5" bays Today I received the 1" Acrylic cubes that I'll use to assemble the main panels of the case Drilled/Tapped the cubes so that I could screw on the panels Closeup of one cube Next I polished the parts for the 3.5" drive bay 3.5" Drive bays clamped and glued Sponsors: __________________ Project: RAD GT member of the forum formerly known as DFI-Street Last edited by radodrill; 28th Oct 2008 at 21:37.

3rd Aug 2007, 03:25	#19
radodrill Resident EI Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost Heaven (WV) Posts: 870	Update (02-Aug-2007): Drive bays Finished the 3 1/2" drive bays Drive retention mechanism; screws on one side with nylon spacers on the ends Test fit with old drive Sponsors: __________________ Project: RAD GT member of the forum formerly known as DFI-Street Last edited by radodrill; 28th Oct 2008 at 21:38.

3rd Aug 2007, 03:50	#20
500mph The Right man in the Wrong place Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: U.S. Posts: 1,867	very nice acrylic work i must say. keep up the great work

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